Does this make sense???

polar5554
polar5554 Posts: 576 Member
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
OK...so after checking more into this...here is what I have found.

1 oz (28Grams) of dry roasted peanuts is around 160 calories...Now if I'm doing this correctly, would I be correct to say that 2 tablespoons (28 grams) of peanut butter with the ingredients being JUST DRY ROASTED PEANUTS is 160?? If so, I'm a VERY HAPPY GIRL!!!!

Description from my local store!!!

Heinen's Fresh-Ground Peanut Butter

Our Heinen’s fresh-ground peanut butter made its in-store debut in 1960.
The recipe was simple and remains the same today: take roasted peanuts, add nothing else and grind. Extraordinary taste and texture. No wonder it has such a loyal following!

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  • debdptg
    debdptg Posts: 94 Member
    if you were going by just weight, then maybe...volume is a different story (tablespoons might not work).
  • TinaS88
    TinaS88 Posts: 817 Member
    Cool! I haven't eat peanut butter in years. I don't really like nuts... but I am forcing myself to try again in place of ranch with my celery... and it's not too bad with apples too.. lol
  • bigredhearts
    bigredhearts Posts: 428
    if all it is is dry roasted peanuts with the same amount of grams id say its the same, i cant see how alter the state of the nut would change its calorie content... but thats just my opinion :)
  • kimmerroze
    kimmerroze Posts: 1,330 Member
    yeah grams and table spoons are two different ways to measure...

    When you put 28g of whole peanuts in a container, they don't pack down tightly removing the air... peanut butter does.

    This means that there will actually be more peanuts in 2 tbs of peanutbutter as opposed to 2 tbs of whole peanuts.

    does that make sense?
  • loulou_88
    loulou_88 Posts: 11 Member
    i would say that logic is sensible... however be sure to do your research in terms of the calories in peanuts... compare against other brands of 100% roasted peanuts peanut butter... I use President's Choice Organics PB, where the only ingredient is roasted peanuts, and the label claims 200 calories for 2 tablespoons (30g)

    regardless, i LOVE peanut butter, and definitely think it's worth the calories:)
  • polar5554
    polar5554 Posts: 576 Member
    (deflated)
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